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[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Avengers: The Initiative
Description

Artwork for the cover of Avengers: The Initiative #5 (Oct, 2007). Art by Jim Cheung.
Source

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=10273

The image was originally released by Marvel Comics to its website as promotional material. The art as used on the published cover can be seen here.
Article

Avengers: The Initiative
Portion used

Full artwork for the front cover. Cropping of the promotional material to remove a border and Marvel's idnetifying watermark done by the original uploader. The result leaves most of the bleed space.
Low resolution?

300px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.
Purpose of use

Illustration of a point within the article, specifically a secdary infobox for a sub-team.
Replaceable?

No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
Other information All Marvel characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are Trademarks & Copyright © 2007 Marvel Characters, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

[edit] Licensing

Copyrighted This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that
  • the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the issue of the comic book in question;
    • the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
    • the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
  • or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the scene or storyline depicted, or
    • the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
  • where no free alternative exists or can be created,
  • on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.

To the uploader: please add a fair use rationale as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

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Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time 21:44, 3 March 2008
Color space sRGB